| Genre: | Soap opera |
| Creator: | Rick Kellard |
| Starring: | William Devane Cecil Hoffman Steven Eckholdt Tracy Griffith Susan Sullivan David Andrews Lynn Clark |
| Composer: | W.G. Snuffy Walden |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | Rebel Heart Productions Elliot Friedgen Company Warner Bros. Television |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Network: | ABC |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 (7 unaired) |
The Monroes is a primetime soap opera starring William Devane and Susan Sullivan,[1] that ran from September 12, 1995 to October 19, 1995 on ABC. The Monroes capitalizes on the rise of high drama in politics.[2] [3]
The entire series was aired on SOAPnet in the Spring of 2005.[4]
From the start, the show faced stiff competition against Seinfeld and was not expected to fare well. In Variety, Brian Lowry wrote:
[The] show’s chances appear contingent on patience and modest expectations. Even so, look for this serialized drama about a high-powered political family to have a tough time winning a second term.
In Entertainment Weekly, critic Ken Tucker wrote:
John’s wife, Kathryn, played with icy devilishness by Susan Sullivan, is both smart and long-suffering. And, of course, it doesn’t take long for a mistress of John’s to pop up and utter the line ”Your husband has an enormous appetite for conquest of all kinds.” Most of The Monroes is as stiff as that snippet of dialogue, but Devane and Sullivan have obvious fun as would-be power brokers, and anyone who wishes Dynasty were still on may find this potboiler amusing.[5]
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